Low rattling: a predictive principle for self-organization in active collectives

DOI10.1126/SCIENCE.ABC6182zbMATH Open1491.82013arXiv2101.00683OpenAlexW3117470911MaRDI QIDQ5092853FDOQ5092853

Authors: Pavel Chvykov, Thomas A. Berrueta, Akash Vardhan, William Savoie, Alexander Samland, T. D. Murphey, Kurt Wiesenfeld, D. Goldman, Jeremy L. England 

Publication date: 25 July 2022

Published in: Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Self-organization is frequently observed in active collectives, from ant rafts to molecular motor assemblies. General principles describing self-organization away from equilibrium have been challenging to identify. We offer a unifying framework that models the behavior of complex systems as largely random, while capturing their configuration-dependent response to external forcing. This allows derivation of a Boltzmann-like principle for understanding and manipulating driven self-organization. We validate our predictions experimentally in shape-changing robotic active matter, and outline a methodology for controlling collective behavior. Our findings highlight how emergent order depends sensitively on the matching between external patterns of forcing and internal dynamical response properties, pointing towards future approaches for design and control of active particle mixtures and metamaterials.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.00683

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical systems in control (37N35) Interacting particle systems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C22) Classical dynamic and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C05)

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• Emergence of self-organized multivortex states in flocks of active rollers

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